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LibraryReads - April 2025

Each Month, the top 10 titles (plus a bonus pick, notable nonfiction, and hall of fame authors) are released at LibraryReads.org. These titles are chosen each month by America's librarians and library staff. Annotations included here are the ones from LibraryReads.org, as submitted by librarians and library staff across the United States.

Kenosha Public Library

17 items

  • In 1800s Ireland, twin sisters are taken from their father and put on a ship bound for Australia. During the voyage, they begin to change as they hear the call of the sea. In 2019, while Lucy looks for her missing sister, she reads her old diary…
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. — FIC HAR
  • In the midst of the COVID pandemic of 2020, Cora's haunted by her deceased sister and stalked by a serial killer as her chaotic life spirals further out of control. The journey to finding her way back to some semblance of normal won't be easy.…
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2025] — FIC BAK
  • Hiding out due to a political scandal, Halley decides to take a job in the most remote place she can find. That turns out to be a large space barge holding cryogenically frozen wealthy people. The horror begins as Halley starts hearing noises and…
    Book, 2025[New York : Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group, 2025 — XX(3141371.2)
  • Din and Ana return in a new sci-fi/fantasy mystery. This time an official in the Treasury delegation has gone missing from a locked room. Tense negotiations are ongoing between the Treasury and a small outpost kingdom. What Din and Ana find is a…
    Book, 2025New York : Del Rey, 2025. — FIC BEN
  • Golden Girls plus cozy mystery equals match made in heaven! This novel is nostalgic fun for fans of the TV show and might even draw some new fans in with the atmospheric 80s Miami vibes. The story is overthe-top silly at turns, but it's all part of…
    Book, 2025New York : Hyperion Avenue, 2025. — M EKSTROM COURAGE
  • Margot and Forest are genuinely likeable, though flawed characters, and seeing through their perspective is a delight. The conflicts come from practical issues, and the couple is not kept apart by miscommunication, but by respect for each…
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025 — F LAV
  • This second book in the Castle Knoll series has Annie involved in another mystery of long past and current murders. Annie realizes she's being set up when all of the clues point to her. Readers will love that this book builds so well on the last…
    Book, 2025New York : Dutton, 2025. — FIC PER
  • Four friends are haunted when another climbs a mysterious staircase and never comes down. Years later, they decide to rescue the boy they lost. What they find is a haunted house preying on their personal nightmares. A coming-of-age story reminiscent…
    Book, 2025New York : Del Rey, 2025. — FIC WEN
  • Bonus Pick
    Book, 2025New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025. — FIC HOO
  • No More Tears

    the Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

    Harris, Gardiner,
    Notable NonFiction
    Book, 2025New York : Random House [2025]. — 338.4761 HAR
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025New York : Forever, 2025. — XX(3141378.20)
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025. — FIC OLE
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, 2025. — FIC PEN
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025New York : Ballantine Books, [2025] — FIC PRO
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, 2025. — FUC SUT
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : The Dial Press, [2025] — SAGE REBEL BLUE #4
  • Hall of Fame Title -The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.
    Book, 2025New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025. — FIC WEI